This is hardly such a big deal; indeed, the surprise would be if they hadn’t. In his heyday Ford had a reputation for being almost as big a Lothario as the permanently priapic Warren Beatty. But what was an unimportant fling for him plainly meant far more to her – although 40 years on she doesn’t seem to know just what.

One moment she apparently believes the two of them might still have a future – “if we’re going to get back together we’re going to have to...